Impact Response of Carbon-Epoxy Laminates Containing Buffer-Strip Layers

Kishore, * and Khan, Bijoysri and Viswanath, B (2002) Impact Response of Carbon-Epoxy Laminates Containing Buffer-Strip Layers. In: Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 85 (4). pp. 752-761.

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Abstract

This work looks at the dynamic behavior of laminated carbon-epoxy (C-E) composites with inserted interleaf polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)-coated material. Instrumented impact tests performed on the interleaved test samples showed significant differences in the energy absorption characteristics that could be correlated with the failure mode. It was inferred that with the introduction of small amounts of less adherent layers of material at specific locations, the load-carrying ability decreased while the energy-absorbing capability was found to improve considerably. These and other experimental observations are discussed in this article.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Journal of Applied Polymer Science
Publisher:	Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Keywords:	Interleaved structures;Impact behavior;Energy absorption;Damage tolerance
Department/Centre:	Division of Mechanical Sciences > Materials Engineering (formerly Metallurgy)
Date Deposited:	18 Jan 2007
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 04:28
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/7363

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